GAL Having Been Law Clerk Not Bias for Judicial Recusal
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal. Catrice Thomas Dye v. Willie B. Dye, Jr. The parties in this Shelby County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2019. Less than a month after the final decree was entered, the mother filed a petition to amend the judgment based upon new evidence. She also requested that the 16-year-old […]
Read More»Knowing the Judge Not Enough for Judicial Recusal
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal in divorce. Donald Eugene Winder, III v. Kara Elizabeth Winder In October, 2019, this divorce case from Meigs County, Tennessee, was decided by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals had previously held that the trial judge had not given sufficient reasons for denying a motion for recusal. […]
Read More»Judge Must State Reasons for Denying Motion to Recuse
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal. Donald Eugene Winder, III v. Kara Elizabeth Winder The husband in this Meigs County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2019. The next day, the parties filed a marital dissolution agreement and permanent parenting plan. However, three months later, the wife filed a notice to withdraw the agreement and […]
Read More»Attorney Loses Own Divorce Case When She Failed to Appear at Trial
Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fees in divorce. Gary Lee Odom v. Rachel Lea Zamata Odom The husband and wife in this Davidson County, Tennessee, case had been married seven years when the husband filed for divorce. At the time of trial, the husband was 66 and the wife 33. The husband had paid for […]
Read More»Granting Motion Over Objection of Sick Attorney Not Grounds for Recusal
Tennessee case summary on recusal in divorce. Laurie Elizabeth Lee v. Bryan Mitchell Lee The mother in this Knox County, Tennessee, case filed a petition to modify the permanent parenting plan, and the case was set for trial in December 2018. The father filed an in limine motion which was to be heard the same […]
Read More»No Recusal for Judge Predicting Crediting Doctor’s Testimony
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal in divorce. Marian Neamtu v. Iveta Neamtu The husband and wife in this Davidson County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2007, at which time the wife was found to be suffering from Lyme Disease and unemployable. The husband was ordered to pay $1,200 per month in alimony until death […]
Read More»Losing Motions Not Grounds for Judicial Recusal
Tennessee case summary on recusal in divorce. Pamela Diane Stark v. Joe Edward Stark The wife in this Shelby County, Tennessee case filed for divorce in 2018. The husband was a Memphis police officer, and the wife was an attorney working for the district attorney general. The wife made a claim that the husband committed […]
Read More»Wife Awarded Portion of Husband’s Military Pension + Fees
Tennessee case summary on divorce military retirement in divorce. Karen H. Foster v. Douglas S. Foster The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2006. They entered into a marital dissolution agreement, and one of the main issues covered was the husband’s retirement pay. In 2016, the wife brought a […]
Read More»“Maybe You Should Have Hired a Lawyer to Represent You” Is Not Bias
Tennessee case summary on judicial bias and recusal in divorce. Ronna Lyn Ueber v. Anthony James Ueber The husband and wife in this Williamson County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2018, after a three day trial. After the order granting the divorce was entered, the attorneys for the wife moved to withdraw from the case […]
Read More»TN Divorce Judge Must Be Recused After Investigation of Leaked Pleading
Tennessee case summary on judicial recusal in divorce. Lee A. Beaman v. Kelley Speer Beaman The husband and wife in this Davidson County, Tennessee, case were married in 2001. The wife, who was 21 years old, had never been married. The husband, 45, had been married three times previously. About a week before the marriage, […]
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